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By Moody Park, Where the Metal Hits the Road

A reader sends in this photo showing the results of a recent heavy metal delivery to the median of Fulton St. across from Moody Park: Rails, for the coming 5.3-mile North Line extension to Lindale Park. Swamplot’s Northside construction correspondent reports the street appears paved and ready for the tracks to be installed.

Old news! The East End Line had its track delivered months ago at the Lockwood/Harrisburg lot. Most of those tracks have been installed and set already. While other sections are in the process of being placed.

The East end line is further along, and oddly, it is the line that has the least amount of FTA money coming to it. Unfortunately, the re-design under the railroad is going to set the whole thing back significantly, those folks are probably looking at 2015-16 before stepping on board.

This community is far from inducing a riot these days, we just want our sidewalks fixed and a rail car to ride downtown. NorthsideGirl – Jose Campos Torres was a victim of HPD police brutality that resulted in his death, this enraged many as it appeared to be racially motivated and the officers that killed him got off with probation and $1 fine. The police presence during a fiesta at Moody Park caused some folks to get stirred up and start burning shit, took out some local merchant’s windows, burned a cop car or two, full scale mayhem for a day. This seems to be the one event that Moody Park is remembered for, when it should be revered for its incredible view of downtown while watching a soccer game or eating ice cream.